Improvement in bale-ties



T. R. PORTER.

Bale-Tie.

No. 211,926. Patented Feb. 4,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY R. PORTER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,926, dated February4, 1879 application filed December 5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:,

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY R. PORTER, of the city of Syracuse, State ofNew York, have invented an Improvement in Bale-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification:

My improvement is a modification of other similarly-formed bale-ties, bywhich I overcome an objectionable'feature therein and render it moreefiicient and practical.

The distinguishing characteristic between my device and that of McGombis, that in my tie the slit is in line with the sides or bearings forthe ends of the band, and that both ends of the band can be insertedwithin the tie without turning the latter.

The construction is as follows, the general configuration being shown inFigure 1 of the drawings: The tie is formed from an oblong a sufiicientopening to insert the loop of the bale-band a: parallel therewith, asclearly seen in Fig. 2.

When one end of the bale-band is looped over one of the arms of theordinary bale-tie, having the ends of the arms in the same plane, theloop of the other end must be brought with its bight exactly oppositethe openings between the arms, or it cannot be made to enter. This isfound very difficult in practice; but in my improvement of bending oneor both arms out of the plane, as above described, the bight of the loopa; of the baleband can pass the opening any distance when uniting them,as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, and still allow the arm 0 to passfreely through the loop.

The expansion of the bale brings the bight back to its place around thearm 0, where it is securely held.

Having thus fully described my improved bale-tie, I claim- The bale-tieconstructed, in the manner described, of U form, with an end opening inline with the sides or bearings for the ends of the band, having theopen ends turned out of plane with each other, as and for the purposesspecified.

T. R. PORTER.

Witnesses:

JAMES S. THORN, J. J. GREENOUGH.

